Cockeye



' (No Model.)

B. G. LATTA.

Cockeye.

No. 232,278. Patented Sept. 14, 880.

N.PErERs, PHOTGUTNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMIT G. LATTA, OF FRIENDSHIP, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-FOURTH OF HIS RIGHT TO PRATT & LETGHWVOBTH, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK.

COCKEYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,278, dated September 14, 1880.

Application filed May 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMrr Gr.LA'l"1A,Of Friendship, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clip Oockeyes, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a novel construction of the clip or bent metallic strap whereby the cockeyeis secured to the trace; and it has for its object to provide a simple means for holding the trace up from the ground when the cockeye is detached from the whiffietree.

My invention consists in combining a cockeye-clip provided with a hook which can be engaged with any suitable buckle, ring, or loop of the harness when the cockeye is disconnected from the whiffletree, and whereby the end of the trace is carried above the ground, with a cockeye which is constructed to obstruct or protect the mouth of the hook when the cockeye is attached to the whiffletree, th ereby preventing the hook from accidentally attaching itself to passing objects, and also in the particular construction of the clip and cockeye, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved clip'and cockeye. Fig. 2 is a top-plan view thereof with the cockeye partly in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing a modified construction of my improved clip and cockeye. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the modified cockeye. Fig. 5 is a top-plan view of the modified clip. Fig. 6 is a front View of the modified clip.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the cockeye, and B the clip, consisting of a bent strap of metal which passes around the cross-bar a of the cockeye, and embraces, with its two legs 0 D, the end of the trace to which the clip is secured by rivets passing through holes 0 in both legs of the clip.

f represents a hook, formed with the clip B at the outer side of its bent portion, which embraces the cross-bar a of the cockeye. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hook f is placed centrally on the clip, in a plane at right angles (No model.)

to the cross-bar a of the cockeye, with the mouth of the hook opening inwardly or toward the rear side of the clip. 9 is a recess or opening formed in the shank of the cockeye for the reception of the hook f, which latter plays freel y through the recess 9.

When the cockeye is attached to the whifiietree the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 and represented in dotted lines, Fig. 2. In this position the hook f projects into the recess 9 of the cockeye, and is covered by the side pieces thereof, and its smooth curved back is turned outward, whereby the hook is prevented from accidentally engaging with passing objects.

When the cockeye is detached from the whifi letree the cockeye is turned forward, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the hook is exposed, when the hook. can be readily engaged with any convenient buckle, ring, or loop of the harness, and the end of the trace be carried above the ground.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, a hook,f, may be arranged near the upper and lower edges of the curved portion of the clip B, when the hook or books are arranged in the same plane with the cross-bar a of the cockeye. When this arrangement of hooks is adoptedthe cockeye is constructed with a shank connecting with the middle of the cross-bar a in the form of a T, as shown in Fig. 4, and the clip is provided with a slot, 41, which extends from the rear portion of the front leg of the clip, through the curved portion thereof, and into the rear leg, and which is made of sufficient length to permit the introduction of the cross-bar a of the cockeye endwise between the two legs of the clip through the opening 6. By giving the cockeye a quarter-turn the projecting ends of the bar a are made to engage behind the curved portions k of the clip, above and below the slot i. Upon securing the trace between the two legs of the clip the cockeye is prevented from changing its position. Both hooks f are turned against the shank of the cockeye, so that when the cockeye is connected with the whiffletree the shank of the cockeye will close the mouths of both hooks, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and prevent the hooks from engaging with any passing objects. Upon turning the cockeye forward, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, the points of the hooks are exposed, and the hooks can be engaged with any convenient buckle, ring, or loop of the harness for carrying the trace.

The clip is readily cast with the hook or hooks complete, of suitable metal, at comparatively small expense.

I claim as my inventio11 l. The combination, with a eockeye-clip provided with one or more hooks, of a cockeye adapted to close or protect the mouth of the hookavhen the cockeye is attached to the whiffletree, thereby preventing the hook from attaching itself to passing objects, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the cockeye-clip B, provided with a hook,f, placed centrally on the bent portion of the cockeye, of a cockeye, A, having a recess, g, formed in its shank for the reception and protection of the hook when the cockeye is attached to the whiffletree, substantially as set forth.

EMMIT G. LATTA.

Witnesses OI-ms. E. BOLINGER, S. M. NORTON. 

